The Life & Times Of Me... Naturally

monochromaticblack: I am truly falling deeper and deeper in love with myself everyday. and I don’t...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:57 -0400

I am truly falling deeper and deeper in love with myself everyday. and I don’t really care if that comes across as conceited. how stupid. people are so afraid to love themselves. whomp, whomp.

coffee-and-control: no toast

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:59 -0400

coffee-and-control:

no toast

thempress: z1c: being 20+ on tumblr This is the most accurate depiction I have witnessed of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:44:09 -0400

thempress:

z1c:

being 20+ on tumblr

This is the most accurate depiction I have witnessed of anything ever.

"Be of service. You are taking your degree into a society dominated by concentrated poverty and a..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:24:57 -0400

“Be of service. You are taking your degree into a society dominated by concentrated poverty and a vulnerable middle class, a society where it is harder to pay for education, harder to find a job, harder to buy a house and harder to hold onto those things even if you manage to get them. You are entering adulthood during a period of mass incarceration and near constant war. There is a lot for you to do. Service is the rent you pay for the space you take up on the earth, and as a relatively privileged American you take up a lot of space. We are the most consuming, polluting, wasteful nation on earth. So your rent is steep. Pay it with service.”

- Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry’s advice to Class of 2013 (via bitchwhoisyou)

amen

(via youngblackandvegan)

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:07:25 -0400

youngblackandvegan: I dedicated a lot of time To the steadfast pursuit of feeling whole; To be not...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:49:54 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

I dedicated a lot of time

To the steadfast pursuit of feeling whole;

To be not just OK with who I am

But to love myself, violently and unconditionally.

I have been proactive in shaping my character,

Into molding myself into the woman I want to be.

I greet everyday with excitement

At new opportunities to show me how much I care for me,

How proud I am of me,

How happy I am with me.

I am more than satisfied with who I am;

I am impressed.

bidenette: thekidpolo: Kanye West - New Slaves....

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:32:11 -0400

bidenette:

thekidpolo:

Kanye West - New Slaves. Download

I’MMA THANK ANY AND ALL RELIGIOUS DEITIES FOR THIS.

pudgy-to-fit: Ellen’s response to the ‘Abercrombie& Fitch’...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:31 -0400

pudgy-to-fit:

Ellen’s response to the ‘Abercrombie& Fitch’ statement.

This is why I love her

youngblackandvegan: Beyonce “BOW DOWN/I BEEN ON” Music...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:56:55 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

Beyonce “BOW DOWN/I BEEN ON” Music Video - Sean Bankhead & The Bad Girls Club (by Sean Bankhead)

I love Sean Bankhead

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss

who are they? fucking killlllllllled it.

this is the sexiest shit

mercy

youngblackandvegan: mariavontraphouse: zhiingenjigeshki: clint...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:39:22 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

mariavontraphouse:

zhiingenjigeshki:

clintisiceman:

Gloria Richardson pushes a national guard bayonet out of her face during a 1963 civil rights protest in Maryland.

“boy bye”

grace under fire

youngblackandvegan: invisiblelad: thefingerfuckingfemalefury: ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:21:28 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

invisiblelad:

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

queeniman:

she’s so friggen adorable

^ I AM NOW DEAD FROM THE CUTE

holy crap, cuteness overload

my wife lookin cute as hell in them heels

p.s. her faces in the “gangam style” one is turning me on

youngblackandvegan: beautiebrownie: Good Morning Beautie...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:54 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

beautiebrownie:

Good Morning Beautie Brownies! #beautiebrownie #brownbeauty #womenofcolor via @tresbonitas

i cannot wait to be a mother

namastebandar: Today’s food (breakfast & lunch) Eggs, sweet...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:18 -0400

namastebandar:

Today’s food (breakfast & lunch)
Eggs, sweet potato, bacon & grilled chicken, yumm

masteradept: George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:28:23 -0400

masteradept:

George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. “I don’t trust the U.S. justice system to get it right,” says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic. “I’d rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance.”

Good to know some people with money and power get shit right.

WHEN I SEE MY CRUSH AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARGUING

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:10:54 -0400

howdoiputthisgently:

youngblackandvegan: babybutta: hamburgerjack: THE DRESS THE...

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:53:23 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

babybutta:

hamburgerjack:

THE DRESS

THE HAIR

THE EVERY THING

Her voice is amazing!

she’s a star. praying she crosses over to the states!

When I go out two nights in a row

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:52 -0400

whatshouldwecallme:

youngblackandvegan: inthenameofyeezusipray: thepeoplesrecord: ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:17:57 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

inthenameofyeezusipray:

thepeoplesrecord:

FBI billboards not about Assata Shakur; it’s about repressing the black community
May 5, 2013

Following the ludicrous announcement that the Obama administration has placed Assata Shakur on its “most wanted terrorist list”, the FBI has erected billboards in Newark, New Jersey announcing its recently increased $2 million dollar reward. However, any critically thinking person knows that these billboards are not about capturing Assata Shakur but sending a message to the rest of us. Interestingly, perhaps just a coincidence or not, Newark, New Jersey is the place where a theater co-owned by Shaquille O’Neil, recently reneged on an agreement to show a popular independent film about the life of another former member of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Is Assata Shakur in New Jersey? No, she is not and the FBI and the Obama administration know exactly where she is, in Cuba where she has lived since being granted political asylum by its government in 1979 after escaping from prison.

This is not about Assata Shakur, it is about sending a message to the Black community and those that live within it who stand up to police violence, oppression and murder of residents, one of the very reasons for the formation of the Black Panthers. It is about the political repression of those who advocate on the behalf of the many political prisons being held by the United States government often in torturous conditions. It is about sending a message to anyone who would take up arms in defense of life, liberty and true freedom in a country that is home to the largest prison population in the world which the federal government and various corporations use as slave labor. It is about sending a message to those that would dare stand up and point out that the US government is the most violent entity on the planet and one that commits acts of terrorism against non-white people and nations on behalf of maintaining the American imperialist status-quo.

Why else would the U.S. government seek to name Assata Shakur as a domestic terrorist after all these decades? We are talking about a woman who was shot twice while attempting to give herself up to police who were co-operating with Federal authorities to target and assassinate or otherwise eliminate members of the Black Liberation movement just as they had done and admitted in a civil lawsuit to doing to Martin Luther King Jr.

The FBI and its corporate media wing fail to report the details of the sham case built against Assata Shakur after failing to win convictions on other trump up charges. The corporate media is failing to point out that a police officer, a state witness against Assata Shakur for the murder of another police officer, has recanted his testimony and admitted to lying on the stand. Medical personnel stated that because of nerves severed by a bullet, Assata Shakur would have been physically prevented from firing a weapon and it was also stated that her wounds indicate her hands were raised when she was shot consistent with her claim that she was giving herself up.

Just as Assata Shakur has pointed out that COINTELPRO utilized and received full cooperation from the corporate media to demonize and alienate freedom fighters from the people who supported them, corporate media today is still fulfilling that role. The concept of a free and independent press in America has always been a fraud and it remains so today.

Source

Read more about Assata Shakur & find a link to her autobiography here.

disgusting the lengths this government goes through to destroy our communities and our leaders

youngblackandvegan: itsloudinsidemyhead: Salon Styles: Out of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:42:54 -0400

youngblackandvegan:

itsloudinsidemyhead:

Salon Styles: Out of the Box Locs

Stylist: Kem Juan Simmons Photo Credit: Keston Duke

Salon: Knappology Location: Richmond, CA

they are stunningly beautiful

glory

delectabledelight: _ (by lolitanie)

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:57 -0400

delectabledelight:

_ (by lolitanie)